Woman's Shawl

Object/Artifact

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Woman's Shawl

Entry/Object ID

M-128-Q

Description

Shawl. Woman's Quaker-style shawl; triangular; soft gray silk; hand hemmed. Perfect Condition. Circa 1850. Transcribed from Original Accession Record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Material

Silk

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Moore, Mrs. Walter T.

Provenance

Notes

Mrs. Walter T. Moore was born Sarah Emlen. Sarah Emlen (1860-1963) was the daughter of Samuel Emlen (1829-1920) and Sarah Williams (1830-1913) of Germantown. (Source: Sotheby's Auction catalog: 20 January 2016: http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/lot.95.html/2016/schorsch-collection-n09466)